#350: Natalie Zea - And Then What?
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Natalie Zea is an actor, writer & director. She currently stars in the CBS Drama Fire Country. Her back to back series regular roles over the past 20 years include “Dirty Sexy Money” for Greg Berlanti (2 seasons), “Justified” opposite Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins (6 seasons), the comedy “The Detour” for creator Samantha Bee (4 seasons), and the CBS comedy “The Unicorn” again opposite Walton Goggins. More recently, she starred in the NBC series “La Brea” for 2 seasons and recurred for 8 episodes on “Chicago Med." You may have also seen...
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#349: Joe Sib - Primal Power of Laughter
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Joe Sib’s career began in music as a singer before evolving into stand-up comedy and storytelling, where he became known for blending humor with deeply personal, relatable stories. He has released comedy specials with Dry Bar Comedy and 800 Pound Gorilla, made numerous television appearances, and toured internationally, including arena performances as part of the opening act for Metallica with Jim Bruer. Beyond stand-up, Joe co-founded the independent record label SideOneDummy Records, helping launch the careers of influential punk and alternative artists. Today, it is his ability to...
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#348: Geoffrey Asmus - Telling The Joke You're Proud Of
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Geoffrey Asmus is a stand-up comedian. Since he began comedy in 2013, Geoffrey has steadily ascended the comedy ranks. He was selected as a New Face at Just For Laughs Montreal and has featured on FOX’s Laughs and Kevin Hart’s LOL Network. Fresh from a sell-out US tour, he has opened for Daniel Sloss, Sam Morril, Ari Shaffir, Mark Normand, Dan Soder and Dave Attell. In 2021, Geoffrey released his debut album Prodigal Little Bitch through 800lb Gorilla Records, which reached number one on iTunes and continues to receive national airplay on SiriusXM. He has since released three...
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#347: David Magidoff - Just Keep Going
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David Magidoff is a comedian and actor who you might have seen him as Sheriff Teddy Reed in Showtime’s Dexter: Resurrection and Dexter: New Blood. Recent credits include High Potential and a recurring role as Nicky Brooks on Apple TV’s Emmy winning series The Morning Show. Other credits include: Veronica Mars,” “ER,” “NCIS,” and “Lethal Weapon. He is currently performing a three year sold out run of his improvised comedy show Making Love with David Magidoff (7th August - 23rd August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. David Magidoff is turning tear drops into punchlines...
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#346: Gilli Apter - Confidence to Try
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Gilli Apter is a London-based comedian from South Africa. Gilli started doing stand up in Johannesburg and has since gone on to perform at comedy clubs internationally, most often in London, where she is a regular face on the comedy circuit. She has toured the world hosting the smash hit comedy show, Story Party | True Dating Stories. Gilli’s solo show: The Hilarious Deep Amazing Comedy Show has recently sold out repeatedly in London, in cities across Europe (Madrid, Zurich, Vienna, Lisbon, Riga, Helsinki and more) as well as in her native South Africa. You can watch her...
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#345: Leonardo Nam - What-Ifs
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Leonardo Nam is an Argentinean-Australian Korean actor who has built a career defined by versatility and emotional depth. Audiences know him from HBO’s Emmy-award winning Westworld, where he starred opposite Thandiwe Newton as Felix Lutz, as well as standout roles in films such as The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants franchise, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift and The Perfect Score. Other credits include: The Flash, Disjointed, Hawaii Five-O, Royal Pains, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Bones, Maggie, MacGyver, Room 104, Sneaky Pete and DC Universe’s...
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#344: Joe Flanigan - Overcoming Fears
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Joe Flanigan is an actor and writer. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the main character Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in STARGATE: ATLANTIS which went into international syndication with 100 episodes. He additionally wrote for the series. Joe started his career in politics working as an advance man at the White House. That was followed by a stint at Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine until finally settling At Sanford Meisner’s Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He was quickly cast in several NBC projects and eventually put under contract there as a...
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#343: Nathan Cavaleri - Being with Fear
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Nathan Cavaleri is an Australian guitarist, singer-songwriter and screen composer. From child prodigy to cancer survivor, from global stages to mental health collapse, Nathan Cavaleri lays bare an extraordinary journey. By age 12, Cavaleri was at the centre of a bidding war between the labels of Michael Jackson, Prince, and Madonna. By 16, he’d toured the world with B.B. King, played the Kennedy Centre in front of the Clintons during their time in office, and shared stages with icons like Etta James and Bonnie Raitt, all while becoming a familiar face to millions...
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#342: DOS & D - The Bus of Life
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Dos and D or Wayde Custerson and Danny Schuller are content creators and the host of the popular podcast The Dos & D Show. With over 300 episodes to name, they are one of Australia’s largest entertainment podcasts and have spoken with some of the biggest names in Sport, Business, Music, Entertainment and just about every industry you could imagine. Their tag is: “Here to entertain and inspire. Real chats with epic people". We chat about creating a media empire, touring overseas, family hardships, their drive & vision, behind the scenes of having a popular podcast, lessons...
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#341: Reed Birney: I Didn't Die
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Reed Birney has been working in film, television and theater for decades. Among his earliest credits are Albert Innaurato’s Broadway comedy GEMINI in 1974 and Arthur Penn’s FOUR FRIENDS in 1981. A celebrated member of the New York theatre community, Reed has won a Tony and numerous other awards and nominations for plays including THE HUMANS, CASA VALENTINA, MAN FROM NEBRASKA, UNCLE VANYA, BLASTED, and CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION. Most recently he starred opposite his son Ephraim Birney in CHESTER BAILEY at Irish Rep, and in the highly successful run of Donald Margulies’s LUNAR...
info_outlineSarah Schreiber is an actor, announcer & host. She has been dedicated to the entertainment industry for two decades, performing and working across nearly every medium—stage, opera, television, commercials, red carpet coverage, news, and film.
Currently Sarah has been a proud part of the global sports entertainment industry with WWE. She has served as a backstage correspondent on Monday Night Raw—the longest-running scripted episodic program in television history—as well as on SmackDown and NXT, covering unforgettable moments and interviewing top talent for shows broadcast worldwide on Netflix, USA Network, The CW, and Peacock. She has also been an in-ring announcer for live events across the globe, from international arenas to Madison Square Garden. Beyond the ring, Sarah has represented WWE as a Global Ambassador, hosting community events with organizations such as Make-A-Wish, the Special Olympics, and Boys & Girls Clubs—appearing alongside distinguished alumni including Denzel Washington—to inspire and bring joy to communities around the world.
As an actress, Sarah has been fortunate to work on high-profile projects such as Marvel’s Agent Carter (ABC), Bloodline (Netflix), NCIS: New Orleans (CBS), Grand Hotel (ABC), The Late Show with David Letterman (CBS), and The Knights of Prosperity (ABC). Her film credits include Stevie D, Reunion, and Ashley & The Mummy Resurrected. She also had the unforgettable opportunity to perform her own stunts opposite fellow New Jersey native Bruce Willis, under Grammy-winning director Joseph Kahn and stunt coordinator Eddie Braun.
As a host, Sarah has worked with major outlets including E! News, KTLA, KCAL, FABtv, HSN, and AndroidTV, reporting from red carpets at prestigious award shows and premieres, and engaging audiences on live broadcasts. She hosted a pilot for Lance Bass Productions (Hangover Gourmet) and has extensive experience in home shopping, including her own HSN series, The Shoe Lovers Closet.
She is a proud graduate of the University of Miami, where she earned her BFA, and holds a Master of Science in Television & Media Management from Drexel University.
Sarah also hosts the podcast ‘Don’t Start’ with Candice Guardino (who’s also been on the podcast!), check it out, it’s great!
We chat about joining the WWE family, resilience and hustle, being a shoe model, shows that don’t go ahead, auditions and rejection, her masters, evolving and growing, collaboration, lessons from grief, being on David Letterman, 30 minute musicals, her new podcast plus plenty more!
Check Sarah out on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahschreiber
Website: https://www.sarahschreiber.com
Don't Start podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dont-start/id1813269473
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schreibersarah/
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